The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
HOW TO GET FAT.
HINTS FOR THE INCREASE OF
LEAN PEOPLES WEIGHT.
Indigestible Food the Chief Cause
of Leanness-Liquids With Meals
Fresh Air and Other
Aids to Plumpness.

'tEvcry woman who is thin would like
to be stouter," says Brillat- -Savarin IN
his fragmentary chapter "On Leanness,
from which, however, the following
sentence is worth citing: "Men fatten
sheep, calves, oxen, poultry, carp, craw-
fish, oysters; hence 1 believe the general
maxim: Whatever eats can be fattened,
provided the food is we'll and suitably
chosen"
The famous Mr.. Banting, who reduced
his weight by more than fifty pounds In
one year, found that sugar was the most
fattcning thing he could cat. Hence, to
increase your weight eat cakes, puddings,
syrup, honey, candy and pastry, always
taking care that it be crisp and digestible,
for indigestible food is chief cause OF
leanness. New England pie-crust is
probably responsible for the appearance
Of the typical gaunt Yankee. Other fat
tening articles of food are tender lamb,
salmon and cells, milk and cream, corn
bread and butter, and those vegetables
which grow under ground, and of which
sugar is made-bcets and turnips, etc.
Boiled or baked potatoes, mashed on the
plate, and seasoned with salt and fresh
butter, make q delicious dish, rapidly
fattening. Eat often and very slowly,
for it is not the quantity that is eaten, but
the amount that is thoroughly digcsted,
that nourishcs the system and rounds IN
bodily contour. =
Bismarck's private physician, DR.;
Schwcnncnger, owes his international
reputation to his success in diminishing
the Chancelor's weight. The secret of
his success is never to allow his patient
to drink with his meals, or if he does to
do so sparingly. Hence follows the con-
verse rule that if you covet stoutneSs you
should drink freely with your meals, al
ways, however, in such way as to not
interfere with the digestive processes.
That is, you should never drink while
YOU have food in your mouth, for the
food ought to be moistencd by saliva
alone. Ice water, too, should be avoided.
1t chills the stomach, and is the cause of
three -fourths of the indigestion and con-
seouent leanness in this country.
Mountain tourists know that ice water
never quenchcs the thirst. Yet we con-
stantly spoil our water by putting in ice.
The ice should never be allowed to come
in contact with the water VIC drink, but
only with the outside of the pitcher. In
this way we avoid also the dangers from
microbes hidden in impure ice.
Air is food, as much as beef, the only
difference being that food is assimilated
in the stomach, air in the lungs. Hence
if you wish to be plump, become an air
glutton. Breathe al the fresh air you
can get, and avoid foal stuffy air,
especially at night, as you would putrid
meat. Always breathe through the nose,
and cultivate the habit Of. slowly filling
your lungs with twice as much air as you
commonly inhale, exhaling it again as
slowly. This purities the blood and
stimulates the appetite. Frequent warm
baths before retiring, or cold sponge
baths in the morning, followed by brisk
friction with a coarse towel, have the
same effect.
Brain-rest is especially indicated in
the case of those who object to lean
ness. Moderate brain-excrcise is, in
deed, essential to perfect health, but
excess should be carefully avoided
Emotional excitement and worry art
fatal to the chances of becoming PLUMP
and pretty. If an annoying though
haunts you, forcibly fix your attention
on something else. Above all, neve'
allow such thoughts to torment yor
after retiring, and thus to pass dis
agrecably into your dreams. Eigh'
hours of dreamless sleep, in a we'll
ventilated room, is the most potcn
cosmetic known to man or woman--th'
straightest road to plumpncss and beauty
-He,ald Of Health.